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Will of the week Mrs Frances Mary MURPHY, of 323

Hanworth Road, Hampton, Middlesex, the arachnologist, the first woman presi- dent of the British Entomological and Natural History Society, and founder member of both the British and Ameri- can Arachnological Societies, and the Friends of the Natural History Museum, who died on July 20th last, aged 69, left estate valued at £254,245 gross, £252,654 net.